It's not the first time that major economies have tried to manipulate minorities. Take, for example, something most people don't even realize the actual size of countries on traditional maps
The actual size of nations differs greatly from what is typically depicted on global maps countries near the poles (like Canada, Russia, and Greenland) appear much larger than they actually are, while those near the equator (like those in Africa and South America) appear much smaller this distortion occurs in most maps, including the Mercator projection africa, for instance, is so vast that it could contain the United States, China, India, and the majority of Europe and still have room for more athough Greenland and Africa seem to be about the same size, Africa is actually fourteen times larger mercator maps give the impression that Russia is huge, but it is actually much smaller than Africa